diff --git a/modules/codepoints.py b/modules/codepoints.py
index 9ae06b5..e2fc39a 100755
--- a/modules/codepoints.py
+++ b/modules/codepoints.py
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ def u(phenny, input):
    # phenny.msg('#inamidst', '%r' % arg)
    if not arg: 
       return phenny.reply('You gave me zero length input.')
+   elif not arg.strip(' '): 
+      return phenny.reply('%s SPACES' % len(arg))
 
    # @@ space
    if set(arg.upper()) - set(
diff --git a/modules/etymology.py b/modules/etymology.py
index 9f3c7b2..430e18e 100755
--- a/modules/etymology.py
+++ b/modules/etymology.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ abbrs = [
    'cf', 'lit', 'etc', 'Ger', 'Du', 'Skt', 'Rus', 'Eng', 'Amer.Eng', 'Sp', 
    'Fr', 'N', 'E', 'S', 'W', 'L', 'Gen', 'J.C', 'dial', 'Gk', 
    '19c', '18c', '17c', '16c', 'St', 'Capt', 'obs', 'Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 
-   'Apr', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'
+   'Apr', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec', 'c'
 ]
 t_sentence = r'^.*?(?<!%s)(?:\.(?= [A-Z0-9]|\Z)|\Z)'
 r_sentence = re.compile(t_sentence % ')(?<!'.join(abbrs))
diff --git a/modules/head.py b/modules/head.py
index 4cb19e3..8158958 100755
--- a/modules/head.py
+++ b/modules/head.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Licensed under the Eiffel Forum License 2.
 http://inamidst.com/phenny/
 """
 
-import re, urllib, urlparse, time
+import re, urllib, httplib, urlparse, time
 from htmlentitydefs import name2codepoint
 import web
 from tools import deprecated
@@ -24,11 +24,17 @@ def head(phenny, input):
       try: uri = phenny.last_seen_uri[input.sender]
       except KeyError: return phenny.say('?')
 
+   if not uri.startswith('htt'): 
+      uri = 'http://' + uri
+
    try: info = web.head(uri)
    except IOError: return phenny.say("Can't connect to %s" % uri)
+   except httplib.InvalidURL: return phenny.say("Not a valid URI, sorry.")
 
    if not isinstance(info, list): 
-      info = dict(info)
+      try: info = dict(info)
+      except TypeError: 
+         return phenny.reply('Try .head http://example.org/ [optional header]')
       info['Status'] = '200'
    else: 
       newInfo = dict(info[0])
diff --git a/modules/oblique.py b/modules/oblique.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..55a27fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/oblique.py
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""
+oblique.py - Web Services Interface
+Copyright 2008, Sean B. Palmer, inamidst.com
+Licensed under the Eiffel Forum License 2.
+
+http://inamidst.com/phenny/
+"""
+
+import urllib
+import web
+
+def mappings(uri): 
+   result = {}
+   bytes = web.get(uri)
+   for line in bytes.splitlines(): 
+      if not line.startswith('<li>'): continue
+      line = line.strip()
+      if not line.endswith('</li>'): continue
+
+      command, template = line[4:-5].split(' ', 1)
+      if not template.startswith('http://'): continue
+      result[command] = template
+   return result
+
+def o(phenny, input): 
+   """Call a webservice."""
+   text = input.group(2)
+
+   if (not o.services) or (text == 'refresh'): 
+      if hasattr(phenny.config, 'services'): 
+         services = phenny.config.services
+      else: services = 'http://swhack.jottit.com/services'
+
+      o.services = mappings(services)
+      if text == 'refresh': 
+         return phenny.reply('Okay, found %s services.' % len(o.services))
+
+   if ' ' in text: 
+      command, args = text.split(' ', 1)
+   else: command, args = text, ''
+   command = command.lower()
+   args = urllib.quote(args)
+
+   if o.services.has_key(command): 
+      template = o.services[command]
+      template = template.replace('${args}', args)
+      template = template.replace('${nick}', input.nick)
+      uri = template.replace('${sender}', input.sender)
+
+      bytes = web.get(uri)
+      lines = bytes.splitlines()
+      if lines: 
+         phenny.say(lines[0])
+      else: phenny.reply('Sorry, the service is broken.')
+   else: phenny.reply('Sorry, no such service. See %s' % services)
+o.commands = ['o']
+o.example = '.o servicename arg1 arg2 arg3'
+o.services = {}
+
+if __name__ == '__main__': 
+   print __doc__.strip()
diff --git a/modules/search.py b/modules/search.py
index 1c8dad6..b1123b8 100755
--- a/modules/search.py
+++ b/modules/search.py
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ g.example = '.g swhack'
 
 def gc(phenny, input): 
    """Returns the number of Google results for the specified input."""
+   if input.nick == 'goatov': return
    query = input.group(2)
    if not query: 
       return phenny.reply('.gc what?')
diff --git a/modules/wikipedia.py b/modules/wikipedia.py
index 9827cc6..6d9bb11 100755
--- a/modules/wikipedia.py
+++ b/modules/wikipedia.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ r_redirect = re.compile(
 
 abbrs = ['etc', 'ca', 'cf', 'Co', 'Ltd', 'Inc', 'Mt', 'Mr', 'Mrs', 
          'Dr', 'Ms', 'Rev', 'Fr', 'St', 'Sgt', 'pron', 'approx', 'lit', 
-         'syn', 'transl'] \
+         'syn', 'transl', 'sess', 'fl'] \
    + list('ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ') \
    + list('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz')
 t_sentence = r'^.{5,}?(?<!\b%s)(?:\.(?= [A-Z0-9]|\Z)|\Z)'
diff --git a/web.py b/web.py
index fff4a7f..31366f4 100755
--- a/web.py
+++ b/web.py
@@ -16,18 +16,24 @@ class Grab(urllib.URLopener):
 urllib._urlopener = Grab()
 
 def get(uri): 
+   if not uri.startswith('http'): 
+      return
    u = urllib.urlopen(uri)
    bytes = u.read()
    u.close()
    return bytes
 
 def head(uri): 
+   if not uri.startswith('http'): 
+      return
    u = urllib.urlopen(uri)
    info = u.info()
    u.close()
    return info
 
 def post(uri, query): 
+   if not uri.startswith('http'): 
+      return
    data = urllib.urlencode(query)
    u = urllib.urlopen(uri, data)
    bytes = u.read()